On 10/01/2014 04:58 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Hey guys, > > > Having a little gpg issue I was wondering if someone could help me with. > > A friend of mine sent me an encrypted message. So I searched online and > found a a set of keys that correspond with his email address. And imported > them. But when I go to decrypt the message, this is what I get: > > [root at ops:~] #gpg --decrypt roger-message > gpg: encrypted with 2048-bit RSA key, ID 9617EA5C, created 2014-10-01 > "Roger Sherman <rsherman at viddler.com>" > *gpg: encrypted with RSA key, ID 9A41C766* > *gpg: decryption failed: secret key not available* > <snip> > So maybe I just didn't import the right key? Or do you think the message > wasn't sent correctly? Who's the dummy here? Me or him? :) looks like he encrypted with HIS public key. So you need his private key to decrypt, obviously you don't have that. I believe it's the other way around: he should encrpyt with your public key, then you are the only person capable of decrypting (with your private key).